Strauss-Kahn arrested by French Police in Prostitution Probe
PARIS — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, has been formally placed under arrest by French police investigating an alleged prostitution ring. The 62-year-old socialist politician turned himself in at 8.55am on Tuesday in the northern French city of Lille and is being held for questioning over allegations that he aided [...]
Equatorial Guinea Protests French Police Raid
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — The government of Equatorial Guinea has protested to the French government a raid by French police on an apartment in Paris that is owned by the government of Equatorial Guinea and used for diplomatic purposes, officials in said Monday in a statement to the press. Police raided an apartment on Avenue [...]
Prison Fire Kills Unconvicted Detainees
February 16, 2012 by Dasha Black
Filed under News, World
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — 350 Honduran prisoners were killed in a fire that swept through a rural corrections facility Tuesday, and now reports indiciate that most of the prisoners had not been convicted of crimes. The prisoners whose scorched bodies were carried out piece by piece Thursday morning from a charred Honduran prison had been locked [...]
Austerity Brings Chaos and Despair to Greece
Greece faces renewed political turmoil over a sovereign debt crisis that has ushered in austerity measures and triggered wide-spread violent protests. The Greek government announced Monday it would hold new elections in the face of massive and violent demonstrations against a new austerity package that was approved on Sunday in exchange for a European Union-International [...]
